ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERTER BASED ON SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER WITH AN SOA AT ASYMMETRIC POSITION - Patent 1665481

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EP 1 665 481 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	13.04.2006

(43)	Date of publication:
	07.06.2006 Bulletin 2006/23

(21)	Application number: 04788559.5

(22)	Date of filing: 02.09.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H01S 1/00^(1968.09)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2004/028588

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2005/022706 (10.03.2005 Gazette 2005/10)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL HR LT LV MK

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Priority:

02.09.2003 US 499536 P
01.09.2004 US 931931 P

(71)	Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
	Princeton, NJ 08544 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	PRUCNAL, Paul, R. Princeton, NJ 08540 (US) GLESK, Ivan Princeton, NJ 08540 (US) XU, Lei Princeton, NJ 08540 (US) BABY, Varghese Princeton, NJ 08540 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jackson, Richard Eric et al
	Carpmaels & Ransford, 43-45 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERTER BASED ON SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER WITH AN SOA AT ASYMMETRIC POSITION